“My first instinct about going into religion and politics was from watching Michele Bachmann, who thinks she has a direct line to God.” he said. “What would happen if she became president? A lot of right-wingers would like to see a theocracy in America. From there we thought, ‘What would a vampire theocracy be and how would you justify it? What kind of impact would it have on humans?’”

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